Crores Spent over Decades, 910-Metre Bridge, a Final Surrender: How Odisha District, Once a Maoist Hotbed, Became ‘Naxal-Free’

Crores spent over decades, 910-metre bridge, a final surrender: How Odisha district, once a Maoist hotbed, became ‘Naxal-free’

Malkangiri district has seen the abduction of top officials and the killing of dozens by Maoists, who used a cut-off region as their hub for operations

Odisha's Malkangiri declared "Maoist-free" after last rebel surrenders

Malkangiri (Odisha): Odisha’s Malkangiri, once considered a Maoist hotbed, was declared a “Maoist-free” district on Wednesday, February 4, after red rebel Sukhram Markam, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 21 lakh on his head, surrendered before the police, a senior officer said. The announcement comes days after Nabrangpur district was declared Maoist-free after nine red rebels surrendered in neighbouring Chhattisgarh. Markam, an area committee me…

Malkangiri declared Maoist-free: Key commander surrenders, security landscape transforms

Koraput: Malkangiri district was declared Maoist-free after an area committee member (ACM) of the banned CPI (Maoist) surrendered before police on Wed.

Odisha's Malkangiri District Declared Naxal-free

The announcement comes days after Nabrangpur district was declared Maoist-free after nine red rebels surrendered in neighbouring Chhattisgarh.

Maoist leader surrenders in Malkangiri, police say district is now Naxal-free

Malkangiri: A leader of the banned CPI (Maoist) has surrendered before the Odisha Police in Malkangiri district, police said today. The surrendered cadre, identified as Sukhram Markam alias Suresh alias Yogesh, was an Area Committee Member and had been active in the district for several years. During the surrender, he laid down an SLR rifle, a magazine, 12 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition and two improvised explosive devices weighing about two kilog…

Hardcore CPI(Maoist) cadre surrenders in Odisha's Malkangiri

Hardcore CPI(Maoist) cadre surrenders in Odisha’s Malkangiri Bhubaneswar: A hardcore CPI(Maoist) cadre on Wednesday surrendered before the Malkangiri Police in Odisha. The police described the surrender of the senior cadre, Sukhram Markam alias Suresh and Yogesh, as a major blow to the banned CPI (Maoist). Sukhram, an Area Committee Member-rank underground CPI(Maoist) cadre, renounced violence […] The post Hardcore CPI(Maoist) cadre surrenders i…